Chapter 959: Settling Karma

Before the Queen Mother could recover from her shock, another figure flashed into the hall.

"Your Ladyship, Your Ladyship!"

Just like the Hundred Flowers Fairy, this Jade Pool Fairy who flew in was also flustered and full of excitement.

Seeing her appearance, the Queen Mother already had a guess in her heart and asked tentatively, "Are you pregnant too?"

The Fairy was suddenly stunned. "How did Your Ladyship know? I haven't even said it yet!"

The Queen Mother pointed at the Hundred Flowers Fairy and said, "She arrived one step ahead of you!"

The two women immediately looked at each other, both seeing the unconcealable excitement in each other's eyes, and asked at the same time, "Are you pregnant too?"

Then both of them nodded simultaneously. "Yes, I'm pregnant too!"

The Queen Mother looked at the two of them, who were somewhat emotionally unstable at the moment, and shook her head helplessly.

However, she could also understand.

After all, this was the first time they had conceived a child of their own, and the Aptitude would definitely not be bad. According to Qin Changqing, it would be at least an Innate Being!

"Your Ladyship, we have already verified it for you. His Majesty indeed has the Heaven-Defying ability to conceive offspring with Spiritual Roots. Since even we can give birth to Innate Beings, wouldn't Your Ladyship really be able to give birth to an extraordinary talent comparable to the Three Pure Ones!"

The two fairies finally managed to calm down from their excitement and immediately began to persuade the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother's heart had actually been churning for a long time. Did she want children? Of course she did!

But now, she still had one knot in her heart left unresolved.

After all, the former Heavenly Emperor was not dead. The two of them had spent endless years together; to say there were no feelings at all would be a lie. It was just that the Heavenly Emperor had neglected her over the years and even developed murderous intent toward her for his own sake, which left her disheartened.

Now, she only wanted to go and take one last look. This was not to rekindle their past relationship, nor was it out of pity for him, but to completely settle the Karma between them.

"I'll go talk to His Majesty!"

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother finally made up her mind. Leaving behind these words, she turned into a stream of light and sped out of the divine temple.

"Her Ladyship finally came around! That's great!"

"Do you think Her Ladyship can really conceive Heaven-Defying offspring comparable to the Three Pure Ones with His Majesty?"

"Who knows? Actually, I think it's still unlikely. After all, existences like the Three Pure Ones from the beginning of heaven and earth were bestowed Karma by the world as soon as they were born, becoming Heavenly Venerables on the spot. If Her Ladyship and His Majesty conceive such offspring, could they also receive blessings from heaven and earth? That seems unlikely, doesn't it?"

"That's true, but even if they can only give birth to Innate Beings, that's still very impressive!"

…

Lingxiao Palace.

Qin Changqing sat in his study, reviewing the reports sent back by various gods and his children regarding the situation in different realms.

Now that he had become the Master of the Heavenly Court, the responsibility on his shoulders was much heavier than before. Unlike before, where he could leave many matters to his subordinates and be a hands-off manager.

The Heavenly Court had been rebuilt, and the most important thing now was to set about restoring and unifying the Divine Realm. Otherwise, his title as Master of the Heavenly Court would still be in name only.

At the same time, he also needed to establish more divine positions in various realms. After all, his offspring in the Heavenly Court would inevitably increase in the future, and the original divine positions would certainly not be enough.

For things like divine positions, the longer they were nurtured, the greater the benefits the person receiving the title would obtain after being consecrated.

For example, Qin Qiming and the others had already fully experienced the immense benefits brought by those ancient divine positions. Their cultivation levels were advancing by leaps and bounds, and they were likely not far from reaching the rank of Divine Venerable.

He also hoped his children's strength would increase faster, so that he could also grow quickly. Once he reached the Heavenly Venerable realm, he would have more confidence and wouldn't be as cautious as he was now, being held back by his wariness of the Three Pure Ones in the shadows.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother requests an audience!"

Feng Jun's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

Qin Changqing was startled for a moment, then showed a look of joy and said, "Please invite Her Ladyship in."

The door opened, and the Queen Mother, wrapped in an embroidered Phoenix robe, walked in. The door closed behind her again.

"Has Your Ladyship come for something?"

Qin Changqing had a smile on his face, and a look of expectation flashed in his eyes.

He actually really wanted to know if he combined with the Queen Mother to conceive offspring, whether they could break through the current talent limits of his children and truly reach the level of the Three Pure Ones. If possible, he would first set about improving the Aptitude of his Dao Companions, and then the number of Heavenly Venerables in the Heavenly Court would surely soar.

And his own strength would also increase at an extremely fast rate!

Reaching the Heavenly Venerable realm would be just around the corner!

The Queen Mother hesitated for a moment, but what she said left Qin Changqing greatly disappointed. "Your Majesty, I wonder if I might see him?"

"Him?"

Qin Changqing was taken aback, then realized. "You want to see the former Heavenly Emperor?"

The Queen Mother nodded.

Qin Changqing frowned. "He treated you like that and even wanted your life. Why do you still want to see him?"

The Queen Mother's eyes dimmed slightly, then she looked up and said, "Rest assured, Your Majesty, I no longer have any feelings for him. I just want to see him one last time to settle our past Karma!"

"I see…"

Qin Changqing narrowed his eyes slightly. He had originally planned to use the Karma left by Qixin in a few days to add two more Heavenly Venerables to the Heavenly Court. At that time, his cultivation level would also experience a surge, making it less difficult to refine the Heavenly Emperor.

After refining the Heavenly Emperor, he could accumulate complete Karma and allow the Heavenly Court to add another Heavenly Venerable.

In other words, the Heavenly Emperor didn't have many days left until his demise.

Perhaps the Queen Mother seeing him now really would be for the last time.

"Your Ladyship is indeed a person of true sentiment. I grant your request!"

Qin Changqing did not refuse. With a wave of his hand, light flashed before him, and a figure emitting golden light, firmly nailed to a cross in a spread-eagle position, appeared in the study.

It was precisely the Heavenly Emperor's Golden Body of Karma!

The Magic Treasure pinning down his Golden Body of Karma was also personally refined by the two Heavenly Venerables, Nüwa and Bodhi, and had the effect of suppressing the Divine Soul. Combined with the Cursed Black Flame that had been burning on the Heavenly Emperor's Golden Body of Karma, the Heavenly Emperor at this moment could be described as extremely miserable, completely unable to use any Divine Power, let alone resist.

Seeing the Heavenly Emperor's current state, the Queen Mother's beautiful eyes also widened significantly.

She hadn't expected that the once high-and-mighty Heavenly Emperor, who trampled all the gods under his feet, would now end up in such a state.

The Heavenly Emperor looked up slightly. The moment he saw the Queen Mother, his pupils also contracted slightly, and then he let out a furious roar: "You wretched woman, you actually came out! Are you here to see me as a laughingstock? If you had assisted me in refining the gods earlier and left the Kunlun Mirror behind, how could I have ended up in this state? You wench! You deserve to die!"

Hearing the Heavenly Emperor's words, the Queen Mother's originally somewhat pitying expression suddenly turned cold. She said indifferently, "See you as a laughingstock? You don't even have the right. I only heard that you became His Majesty's defeated opponent and wanted to see what state you've finally fallen into. You wanted to kill me back then, yet you still wanted me to help you. What a massive joke!"